Butter worker



C. E. SENKE.

BUTTER WORKER.-

APPLlCATlON FILED MAY 31, I919.

1,405,01 6. Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

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BUTTER WORKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1919.

1,405,016, Patented Jan. 31, 1922.

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CHARLES n snnxn, or ROCHESTER, NEW-YoRK.

BUTTER womznn,

7 Applicationfiled May 31,

. worlnng and similar machines and it has for its object to provide a simple, cheapand convenient device of this nature that can be produced at a low price for hand operation so as to be availableto theretail purchasers of oleomargarine for use in the operation of mixing the color, which is provided in a separate packa'ge, into the oleomargarine. To these andjother ends the invention resides in :certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at'the end of the specification.

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Figure -1 is a verticaljsection through a butter worker constructed in accordance with and illustrating-one embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a similar view with the piston or lunger in another position;

igure 3 is atop View; Figure 4 is a horizontal sectlon on the line 4-4 of Figure 2; r I Figure 5 is a side view of a modified cylinder;

Figure 6 is a sectional view of the devlce of Figure 5 in operation;

Figure 7 is a horizontal section on the line 7-7 of Figure 6, and

Figure 8 is a top view of the dish and piston element of Figure 6.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

Referring first to the embodiment of Figures 1 to 4 and the mode of operation there illustrated, lindicates a foraminous cup or cylinder open at the bottom and closed at the top by a head 2. It is shown with its open bottom resting agalnst a glass plate 3. Spannin the head 2 is a handle 4 while arrange to reciprocate 1n the cylinder .-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 31, 1922. 1919. seria No.;3( )0 919.

throughout the length thereofis althin piston head 5. A rod 6 secured to this piston head extends through and is guided in the head 2 of the cylinder and the handle 4 which isprovided with a collar 7 for the purpose and the rod itself terminates in .a handle 8. i

To use the device as so far described in working the color through oleomajrgarine, a

block of the latter is cut into convenient slices indicated at A in Figure 8 and a"suffici'ent amount of the coloring matter ind cated at B, is dropped thereon. With the piston'5 withdrawn to its fullest'extent close against the head 2 of the cylinder," the latter 1s manipulated by means of the handle 4150 pickup the slices'A, successively, until they fill the cylinder, as showninfFigure .1; It will be found that they'readily adhere "to the walls within the open bottom end of the cylinder. The piston 5 is then pressed into the cylinder by means of the piston rod and handle causing the material to be compressed and displaced within the cylinder and to be finally squeezed outthrouefh thei perfora tions in the cylinder :wall in individual strings, asiindica'ted b dotted "lines in Figure This works t e color through the mass, at the same tirne- ,improving the tenture of the oleomargarine and'the operation may be repeated as many times as desired or necessary by withdrawing the piston and impressing the cylinder uponthe body of previously treated material as it lies on the glass or dish 3.

In order to pression face of the piston 5. This scraping ring reciprocates with the piston and scrapes off the strings immedlately they are formed,

' so that by the time the piston ends its stroke, as shown in Figure 2, the cylinder is clear. 7 r

I may provide a dish or shallow tray 12 shown in Figures 6 and 8, upon which the quickly free the adhering strings from the exterlor wall of the cylinslices A are'l'aid when prepared and upon which the strin compression. such a dish, I provlde a fixed piston block mass is deposited afterits referably in the center of 7 13 and instead of operating the piston 5, I may press the cylinder 1, when filled with material down upon this piston block 13, to which it conforms and over which it closely fits. This squeezes out the oleomargarine in substantially the same manner and at the conclusion of the stroke the piston 5 is useful in destroying the vacuum that will obis substantially the same except that its head 2 also contains perforations and below the handle 8 which spans it, is a suitable guard plate 14 to protect the hands from the particles that exude through the cylinder head during the operation. There is no piston within the cylinder except the piston block 13, when the cylinder is applied thereto and the scraper 9 proceeds vertically at 11 as before, but thence proceeds outwardly at l0 or in some lateral direction suflicient to form it into an operating handle by means of which the scraper may be reciprocated with the same results as before. In this case, 1 may also provide a wiper arm 15 for scraping the top or cylinder head 2 which arm is shown in Figures 6 and 7 and comprises a straight member equal in length to the diameterof the cylinder and pivoted at 16 to one of the standards 17 that form connections for the handle 8% A laterally projecting operating portion 18 is accessible to the fingers to vibrate the arm.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a butter worker, the combination with a foraminous cylinder having an open bottom and a closed head, of a piston in the cylinder and a piston rod secured thereto an extending through the head.

2. In a butter Worker, the combination with a foraminous cylinder having an open bottom and a closed head, of a handle spanning the head, a piston in the cylinder and a piston rod secured thereto and extending through and guided in the head and handle.

3. In a butter worker, the combination with a foraminous cylinder having an open bottom and a handle spanning the head thereof, of a piston in the cylinder and a piston rod secured thereto and extending through and guided in the handle.

4. In a butter worker, the combination with a foraminous cylinder and a piston adapted to reciprocate therein, of a scraper closely surrounding the cylinder and adapt ed to reciprocate upon the exterior thereof.

5. Ina butter worker, the combination with a foraminous cylinder and a piston adapted to reciprocate therein, of'a scraper fixed with respect to the piston and surrounding the cylinder to reciprocate with the piston on the exterior surface of the cylinder. r

6. In a butter worker, the combination with a foraminous cylinder, a piston adapted to reciprocate therein, and a piston. rod and handle projecting from the cylinder, of a wire scraper fixed to the handle portion of the piston rod and extendingthence downwardly and thence laterally to surround the exterior of the cylinder at a point just above the compressionface of the piston.

CHARLES E. 'SENKE. 

